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Sometimes the long yā' of the manqūŝ noun is omitted. The long yā' at the end of the manqūŝ noun is a long vowel preceded by a kasrah. The long yā' is also a defective (or week) letter حَرْف عِلّة /ħarf ξillah/ and so it may be omitted in certain cases.

Conditions of maintaining the yā' in the manqūŝ noun:

The manqūŝ noun is prefixed by the definite letters ال /al-/: such as الدَّاعِي/al-dāξī/, القَاضِي /al-qâđī/, الغَالِي /al-ghâlī/ and النادِي /al-nādī/ in the following examples:

The long yā' is not omitted from all the above manqūŝ nouns because they are all مُضاف (annexing) and the following nouns are مُضاف إليه /muđâf ilayh/ (the noun comes after an annexing noun and they are inseparable)

The manqūŝ noun is in the accusative case, with the fathah (ــَ) as its diacritical sign, such as

In this case (Nasb, with case-ending Fathah "ـَ" /-a/) the long yā' remains in the Manqūŝ Noun even in the absence of the first two conditions: being prefixed by الor being annexed to the next noun. Study the following examples:

Note: the Manqūŝ nouns in the above examples end with a tanwīn Fathah (ـً) /-an/ because they are نَكِرَة /nakirah/ (indefinite) and not مُضَاف /muđâf/ (annexing).

Cases of omitting the yā' of the Manqūŝ Noun:

The cases of omitting the yā' of the Manqūŝ Noun are the opposite of the cases of keeping it: 1-Not including definite ال /-al/ 2-Not annexing noun مُضاف 3-Not in the accusative case [Nasb نَصْب case with fatħah "ـَ"

All of the above three conditions are a must to omit the long yā' of the Manqūŝ Noun. Study the following examples:

Notes: 1-The tanwīn Kasrah /-in/ (ـٍ) in the Manqūŝ nouns ساعٍ, لَيَالٍ, and بَاقٍ makes up for the long yā', which is not omitted in the words.2-The đammah on words ساعٍ, لَيَالٍ, and بَاقٍ is difficult to pronounce, so the tanwīn Kasrah makes up for the long yā' in Manqūŝ nouns

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